Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 288 244 292
Rank change year-on-year -44 +48 -76
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 517 534 880
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.31% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.40% 1.14%
Number of salaries quoted 209 301 499
10th Percentile £42,482 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £56,745 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £74,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% +3.70% -3.57%
75th Percentile £95,000 £86,250 £85,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £102,500 £113,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £58,700
% change year-on-year -2.96% +10.73% -7.92%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 60,831 38,033 77,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 76.64% 93.07% 86.50%
Number of salaries quoted 37,418 22,319 57,741
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.26%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 1 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 1 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -39 471 £72,514 +3.59% 221
London +43 279 £85,000 +13.33% 105
Work from Home +45 239 £75,000 +15.38% 95
UK excluding London -136 186 £63,076 -2.96% 137
North of England -39 59 £75,000 -6.25% 31
South East -124 39 £55,000 -15.38% 47
North West -14 36 £83,750 +4.62% 16
Midlands -40 36 £63,076 -2.96% 19
West Midlands -18 26 £58,750 -7.84% 11
East of England -6 23 £62,550 -3.77% 21
Yorkshire -42 20 £63,076 +94.08% 13
South West -62 17 £62,500 -3.29% 12
Northern Ireland - 11 £75,000 - 1
East Midlands -48 10 £80,000 +18.52% 8
Scotland -29 4 £55,000 +22.22% 6
North East -28 3 £63,076 -23.54% 2
Wales - 3 £69,501 - 6

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.48%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 18 (3.48%) Confluence
2 11 (2.13%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.58%) CMS
4 2 (0.39%) CICS
4 2 (0.39%) MTS
5 1 (0.19%) Drupal
5 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 34 (6.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 21 (4.06%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (3.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 13 (2.51%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.16%) Microsoft Project
6 3 (0.58%) Trello
7 2 (0.39%) MS Visio
8 1 (0.19%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 19 (3.68%) Workfront
2 9 (1.74%) Payment Gateway
3 4 (0.77%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.58%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.58%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Magento
5 1 (0.19%) Oracle SCM
5 1 (0.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 68 (13.15%) AWS
2 63 (12.19%) SaaS
3 53 (10.25%) Azure
4 33 (6.38%) iPaaS
5 21 (4.06%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.68%) Pulumi
7 17 (3.29%) GitHub
8 15 (2.90%) GCP
9 13 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
9 13 (2.51%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.74%) OneDrive
11 8 (1.55%) H2O.ai
11 8 (1.55%) OpenShift
11 8 (1.55%) PaaS
12 5 (0.97%) Asana
12 5 (0.97%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.77%) Collibra
13 4 (0.77%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.77%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 58 (11.22%) Broadband
2 17 (3.29%) HTTP
3 8 (1.55%) SD-WAN
3 8 (1.55%) WAN
4 6 (1.16%) LAN
4 6 (1.16%) RTP
5 4 (0.77%) NGN
6 3 (0.58%) Multicast
6 3 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.58%) Wireless
7 2 (0.39%) Network Security
7 2 (0.39%) VPN
8 1 (0.19%) 4G
8 1 (0.19%) 5G
8 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.19%) Firewall
8 1 (0.19%) MPLS
8 1 (0.19%) Skype
8 1 (0.19%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (9.09%) Metadata
2 20 (3.87%) NoSQL
2 20 (3.87%) Power BI
2 20 (3.87%) RDBMS
2 20 (3.87%) Relational Database
3 9 (1.74%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.35%) Tableau
5 6 (1.16%) Data Mining
5 6 (1.16%) SAP BW
5 6 (1.16%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.58%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.39%) Big Data
7 2 (0.39%) DB2
8 1 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (4.84%) JIRA
2 19 (3.68%) Jaeger
3 3 (0.58%) ERwin
3 3 (0.58%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.19%) Git
General
1 191 (36.94%) Finance
2 175 (33.85%) Social Skills
3 148 (28.63%) Marketing
4 92 (17.79%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (14.31%) Banking
6 65 (12.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 54 (10.44%) Retail
8 50 (9.67%) Law
9 41 (7.93%) Legal
10 40 (7.74%) Influencing Skills
11 39 (7.54%) Presentation Skills
12 30 (5.80%) Financial Institution
13 28 (5.42%) Back Office
13 28 (5.42%) Public Sector
14 22 (4.26%) Manufacturing
15 19 (3.68%) Organisational Skills
16 17 (3.29%) Digital Economy
17 12 (2.32%) Italian Language
18 11 (2.13%) Automotive
19 10 (1.93%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 139 (26.89%) Product Manager
2 74 (14.31%) Lead
3 72 (13.93%) Senior
4 52 (10.06%) Product Owner
5 36 (6.96%) Senior Manager
6 31 (6.00%) Senior Product Manager
7 20 (3.87%) Developer
7 20 (3.87%) Product Lead
8 18 (3.48%) Consultant
8 18 (3.48%) Development Engineer
8 18 (3.48%) Software Engineer
9 17 (3.29%) Digital Product Manager
9 17 (3.29%) Software Development Engineer
10 14 (2.71%) Change Manager
10 14 (2.71%) Product Management Director
11 13 (2.51%) Cloud Engineer
11 13 (2.51%) Senior Development Engineer
11 13 (2.51%) Senior Software Development Engineer
11 13 (2.51%) Senior Software Engineer
12 12 (2.32%) Business Development Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (3.87%) REST
2 19 (3.68%) Elastic Stack
2 19 (3.68%) OpenTelemetry
3 8 (1.55%) Keras
3 8 (1.55%) PyTorch
3 8 (1.55%) TensorFlow
3 8 (1.55%) YAML
4 4 (0.77%) .NET
5 3 (0.58%) FIX Protocol
6 2 (0.39%) CSS
6 2 (0.39%) HTML
6 2 (0.39%) Next.js
6 2 (0.39%) Spring
6 2 (0.39%) Spring Boot
7 1 (0.19%) FastAPI
7 1 (0.19%) Flask
7 1 (0.19%) PySpark
7 1 (0.19%) React
7 1 (0.19%) SOAP
7 1 (0.19%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 133 (25.73%) Product Ownership
2 44 (8.51%) Social Media
3 35 (6.77%) Marketing Technology
4 34 (6.58%) Over-the-Top Content
5 32 (6.19%) Self-Motivation
6 31 (6.00%) Onboarding
7 29 (5.61%) Management Information System
8 28 (5.42%) Cloud Native
9 18 (3.48%) Public Cloud
10 13 (2.51%) Enterprise Software
11 9 (1.74%) Analytical Mindset
12 8 (1.55%) Data Centre
12 8 (1.55%) Security Posture
13 7 (1.35%) Data Fabric
14 6 (1.16%) Driving Licence
14 6 (1.16%) IoT
14 6 (1.16%) Mobile App
14 6 (1.16%) Podcast
14 6 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
15 5 (0.97%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.45%) Linux
2 19 (3.68%) Unix
3 6 (1.16%) Windows
4 2 (0.39%) zOS
5 1 (0.19%) Android
5 1 (0.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (57.83%) Roadmaps
2 245 (47.39%) Agile
3 144 (27.85%) Product Roadmap
4 110 (21.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 109 (21.08%) Product Vision
6 107 (20.70%) Continuous Improvement
7 102 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
8 99 (19.15%) Product Strategy
9 97 (18.76%) AI
10 95 (18.38%) Decision-Making
10 95 (18.38%) Mentoring
11 82 (15.86%) User Stories
12 79 (15.28%) Analytics
13 74 (14.31%) User Experience
14 72 (13.93%) Customer Experience
15 65 (12.57%) Product Backlog
16 63 (12.19%) Coaching
17 62 (11.99%) Product Requirements
18 61 (11.80%) Business Development
19 58 (11.22%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (7.93%) Java
1 41 (7.93%) Python
2 25 (4.84%) JavaScript
2 25 (4.84%) SQL
3 20 (3.87%) Go
4 19 (3.68%) Bash
5 8 (1.55%) PowerShell
6 5 (0.97%) Bicep
7 4 (0.77%) C#
8 3 (0.58%) R
9 2 (0.39%) COBOL
9 2 (0.39%) JCL
9 2 (0.39%) PHP
9 2 (0.39%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.19%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.19%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 92 (17.79%) Degree
2 35 (6.77%) Master's Degree
3 28 (5.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 21 (4.06%) Security Cleared
5 20 (3.87%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.71%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.35%) DBS Check
8 6 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 6 (1.16%) PMI Certification
8 6 (1.16%) PMP
9 5 (0.97%) MBA
10 4 (0.77%) HNC
11 3 (0.58%) SAP Certification
12 2 (0.39%) ACCA
12 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
12 2 (0.39%) CBAP
12 2 (0.39%) CCNA
12 2 (0.39%) CIMA
12 2 (0.39%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (4.64%) QA
2 13 (2.51%) Data Quality
3 11 (2.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 9 (1.74%) NCSC
6 8 (1.55%) NIST
7 7 (1.35%) GDPR
8 5 (0.97%) PMO
9 4 (0.77%) IFRS
9 4 (0.77%) SLA
10 3 (0.58%) ISO 20022
10 3 (0.58%) PERC
11 2 (0.39%) COREP
11 2 (0.39%) FINREP
12 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
12 1 (0.19%) GMP
12 1 (0.19%) GRC
12 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 23 (4.45%) Docker
2 2 (0.39%) RACF
3 1 (0.19%) Firmware
3 1 (0.19%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.19%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 30 (5.80%) Terraform
2 23 (4.45%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.68%) Ansible
3 19 (3.68%) Argo
3 19 (3.68%) Kustomize
3 19 (3.68%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.39%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.19%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.19%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 48 (9.28%) Microsoft
2 42 (8.12%) Adobe
3 35 (6.77%) Google
4 13 (2.51%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.74%) Oracle
6 8 (1.55%) Databricks
6 8 (1.55%) Dell
6 8 (1.55%) NVIDIA
7 7 (1.35%) SAP
8 6 (1.16%) Foundry
9 4 (0.77%) Cisco
9 4 (0.77%) Facebook
9 4 (0.77%) Toshiba
9 4 (0.77%) YouTube
10 3 (0.58%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.58%) CQG
10 3 (0.58%) ION Trading
10 3 (0.58%) Patsystems
10 3 (0.58%) Reuters
10 3 (0.58%) Trayport